Here's a beach at the end of the train- Simons Town-and definitely the neatest stop we've been to yet. You can see behind me, the mountain ranges sort of form 'm's, the legs of which serve as dividing lines between the towns. Each town has its own shorefront beach, with its train stop behind it (train tickets are about 60 cents). We saw lots of fellows in navy uniforms today, and ate fresh mussles on the harbor.
We also took a boat cruise to Seal Island! The boat went at breakneck speeds over huge waves, sending us periodically flying into the air, which was quite cool. Seals were leaping out of the water with fish right next to us, and herrings were diving all over the place. Here's Sean in one of the nifty life jackets!
Here's the island- it's about the size of Copley Lawn with 70,000 seals living there (also saw a couple waddling penguins and a great white shark a few meters off). That's about NJ population density, right? See below
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